UNIT 1 Section Ⅰ Part Ⅰ Reading comprehension-【金版新学案】2025-2026学年新教材高二英语选择性必修第二册同步课堂高效讲义教师用书Word（人教版）

主题语境：人与社会——科学与技术；对社会有突出贡献的人物

Section Ⅰ　Core reading

Part Ⅰ　 Reading comprehension

Step One：Pre-reading

Discuss and answer the following question.

Do you know some Chinese scientists who fight against infectious diseases？ Who are they？

Yes，I know some scientists，who have made great contributions to the fight against some deadly infectious diseases.They are Zhang Boli，Chen Wei，and Wang Chen.

Step Two：While-reading

Ⅰ.Read for the main idea

What's the main idea of the text？

A．How John Snow became a well-known doctor in London.

B．How John Snow found out the cause and defeated cholera.

C．How John Snow changed the way scientists studied diseases.

D．How John Snow stopped all people from catching cholera.

答案：B

Ⅱ.Match the main idea with each paragraph

Para.1　 A．John Snow subscribed to the theory that cholera was caused by an infection from germs.

Para.2    B．The impact of John Snow's work on reducing the threat of cholera and his role as the father of modern epidemiology.

Para.3     C．The fear of cholera and John Snow's frustration with the lack of preventive measures.

Para.4    D．John Snow's investigation and discovery of the polluted water pump

as the source of the disease.

Para.5     E．The link between other cases of cholera and the different water companies was shown.

答案：Para.1 C　Para.2 A　Para.3 D　Para.4 E　Para.5 B

Ⅲ.Read for the structure

Ⅳ.Read for details

1．Why was John Snow upset at first？

A．He lost hope to cure cholera.

B．He couldn't become a good doctor.

C．He didn't attend to the queen well.

D．He couldn't treat cholera.

2．What was the key to finding the evidence？

A．The government.

B．The woman who had moved away from Broad Street.

C．The water company.

D．The map marked by Snow.

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3．What was John Snow's attitude when facing “King Cholera”？

A．Negative.     B．Determined.

C．Unconcerned.     D．Indifferent.

4．Where does this text probably come from？

A．A newspaper.    B．A medical report.

C．A book review.    D．A TV interview.

答案：1－4　DDBA

Step Three：Post-reading

Ⅰ.难句解构

　

尝试翻译　霍乱曾经是世界上最为可怕的疾病之一，直到一位英国医生约翰·斯诺展示了如何战胜它。

　

尝试翻译　他发现霍乱在两条特定的街道上爆发得非常严重，以至于十天内就有500多人死亡。

　

尝试翻译　这个女人似乎非常喜欢(饮用)水泵里的水，因此她每天都让人把水运到她家里来。

Ⅱ.写作佳句

1．教材佳句　As a young doctor，John Snow became frustrated because no one knew how to prevent or treat cholera.(心理描写——沮丧)

由于当时无人知道如何预防或治疗霍乱，年轻的约翰·斯诺医生很沮丧。

学后仿写　简是如此沮丧，以至于眼泪不受控制地顺着脸颊流淌下来。

So frustrated was Jane that tears poured down her cheeks without control.

2．教材佳句　He discovered that in two particular streets the cholera outbreak was so severe that more than 500 people died in ten days.(so...that...引导结果状语从句)

他发现，在两条特定的街道上，霍乱疫情非常严重，十天内就有500多人死亡。